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Action at the All England Club always seems to pass in a blur and this year has been no different.
As Day 9 concludes, the end of the third Grand Slam is in sight, with half of the semi-final line-ups confirmed after some thrilling play at Wimbledon.
In the singles, faint British hopes ended with Cameron Norrie's straight-sets defeat by defending champion Carlos Alcaraz. But there remains real optimism in the men's and mixed doubles.
Mail Sport's James Sharpe was on hand to recap some of the things you may have missed.
KLAXON FOR YOUNG JAXON!
Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova, the Russian at the heart of the Sonay Kartal line-call failure who accused officials of pro-Brit bias crashed out of the quarter-finals in straight sets to Amanda Anisimova.
Amanda Anisimova of United States celebrated her victory, with nephew Jackson
A jubilant Anisimova then melted hearts as she brought her nephew Jaxon on court for her post-match interview. Jaxon, who turns four on Thursday, only flew into England yesterday morning. ‘He’s more tough than me,’ said Anisimova, who faces Aryna Sabalenka in the semis.
HEWETT LIFTS GLOOM
At least it was not all doom and gloom for the Brits on Tuesday as Alfie Hewett got his wheelchair singles title defence under way in style as the 10-time Grand Slam singles and 22-time doubles champion dispatched Spain’s Daniel Caverzaschi 6-1, 6-2 in 54 minutes.
His long-term doubles partner Gordon Reid found it less easy-going, needing to come from a set down and win a final-set tie-break to reach the second round. They could face each other in the final.
Alfie Hewett got his wheelchair singles title defence under way in style by dispatching his opponent in 54 minutes
SALISBURY BREAKS LOOSE
Joe Salisbury booked his place in the mixed doubles final for the first time since 2021 alongside Brazilian Luisa Stefani as they saw off second seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Zhang Shuai in straight sets.
Salisbury, a six-time Grand Slam winner, had to come through two hotly-fought tie-breaks to triumph and will face Sem Verbeek and Katerina Siniakova in Thursday’s final. ‘I felt quite calm, we’ve played quite a few tie breaks this week,’ said Salisbury.
Joe Salisbury booked his place in the mixed doubles final for the first time since 2021 alongside Brazilian Luisa Stefani
The 16-year-old Cruz Hewitt went out in the second round of the boys singles in an hot-tempered affair
MISERY FOR CRUZ
It was a day to make us all feel old as Australian Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 Wimbledon champion, and his son Cruz were both in action.
The 16-year-old Cruz went out in the second round of the boys singles in an hot-tempered affair on Court 5, as he vented his frustrations in the direction of his dad who sat court-side, before Lleyton took part in the invitational doubles alongside Mark Philipoussis in a far more light-hearted affair.
